Characterization of Memory Effect of Polarization Speckles from a Birefringent Scatterer

Propagation of a coherent light through a random birefringent scatterer generates a speckle pattern with spatially varying polarization called polarization speckle. The spatial polarization distribution of the polarization speckle is random in nature making zero net polarization. In this paper, we experimentally characterize the memory effect of the polarization speckle from a birefringent scatterer for different orientations of an analyzing polarizer using far-field intensity correlation measurements.